Printing


Printing Using the Latest NDPS Client Libraries

The following error

Selected printer not listed. A compatible network protocol could not be found, or the Print Server Manager is not loaded

occurs because NWPMW32 does not list the printers associated with the latest client libraries. For more information, see the Novell Support Web site.


Printer Driver Setup

Associating a printer driver with a printer or queue in the printer policy packages requires driver files to be copied to a server. The path that these files are copied to is displayed in the Path box in the Setup Printer Driver dialog box (which is displayed when you select New Driver in the Printer Policy dialog box). Users or workstations must have Read and File Scan rights to this path (SYS:PUBLIC on the server where the queue resides) if the workstation or user package is to be able to download these drivers to the workstation. The printers associated with a package will not be installed if the drivers are not downloaded.

When you select a driver to be associated with a printer, you might be asked to enter a path where a .INF file or driver is located. If you are setting up drivers for an NT package while running Windows 95/98, you are asked to enter the path where the NTPRINT.INF file is located. This file is located in the WINDOWS\INF directory (the WINDOWS directory is where NT 4.0 is installed). The easiest thing to do is to copy all of the files from the I386 directory of your NT installation CD to an area on a server or on the workstation and then to copy the NTPRINT file to that same directory.

Once you have given the path to the .INF file, a list of drivers displays. Select the driver that you want. You might then be asked where the driver files are located. (If the drivers and the .INF file are in the same directory, you might not be prompted for the location.) If the drivers are somewhere else (usually on the NT install CD if you have not copied them to a different path), then browse to the path or type it in. The files are then copied to the path on the server.

If you are setting up drivers for Windows 95/98 while running Windows NT, you are prompted to enter the path to the MSPRINT.INF file location. This file is located in the WINDOWS\INF directory (the WINDOWS directory is where Windows 95/98 is installed). The easiest thing to do is to copy all of the .CAB files from the WIN95 or WIN98 directory of your Windows installation CD to an area on a server or the workstation, and then copy the MSPRINT.INF, MSPRINT2.INF, and LAYOUT.INF files to that same directory. If you are installing drivers for a Windows NT package on Windows NT or a Windows 95/98 package on Windows 95/98, you will not be asked for the .INF files. However, you must still point the install to where the drivers are located, usually the Windows installation CD.

If you attempt to copy drivers that are set as Read-Only, then the Microsoft API will copy the files as .TMP files. This will cause problems when users attempt to download the driver because the driver will not be found. Make sure the files in the area that you copy from are not Read-Only. This usually will not be a problem if you follow the above directions.



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